Sold

Though desperately poor, 13-year­ old Lakshmi's life in a small village in Nepal is full of simple pleasures. But then a monsoon washes away the family's crops, and Lakshmi's step­ father says she must take a job to support her family. Thinking she has a job as a maid in the city, she is glad to help. But then she learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution.